By Sarah on October 31, 2011
I’ll be at SPACE tonight for Communion Music’s big US tour.  And I’m thinking about trying to figure out a way to make it out to Berwyn to see the Blind Boys of Alabama.  It’ll be a heck of a road trip-via-public transportation, that’s for sure. Monday, October 31 Matthew and the Atlas, The David […]
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By Sarah on March 8, 2010
The entire world is gearing up for SXSW. I’m gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW.
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By Sarah on January 25, 2010
Happy Monday, all! I had great plans for getting some album reviews written up over the weekend, but instead I spent my time feeling miserable and sick and sleeping on the couch while watching Dirty Jobs reruns. What a life. It’s a pretty low-key week for music here. If you’ve got the time on Sunday, […]
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By Sarah on October 5, 2009
Another week, another great round of live music. I could see myself at a show every night, if I were, you know, made of money and didn’t have other responsibilities. I will be at the Decemberists show on Thursday, and so have the next few days to decide between that age old dilemma — do I […]
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